Use the resources of NYFA or the Foundation Center to research an actual grant that you’d like to produce an application for. You may do this as your real self, or you may invent a fictional version of yourself to …
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Write a biographical statement that introduces you and your work to an audience reviewing the applications for grants for young, emerging artists. If it feels right, base this statement on your current reality. If you don’t feel like you have …
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Your task is to identify and annotate 8-10 secondary sources which you believe will help you to make your argument in the research paper. (~5 pages) Advice: The annotations must explain how you will use each source in your paper. …
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Your task is to propose an interpretive question having to do with A Midsummer Night’s Dream or an adaptation of it. Later in the semester, you will answer this question in your research paper. For now, identify both 1) the …
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Your task is to explain either a contextual or textual aspect of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and show why it is important to the work. This explanation will be similar in form to one you would find in a subject …
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Paper #3: Research Paper Proposal: Presenting your work to colleagues This paper proposal will put forth your argument for undertaking the research topic you’ve chosen. Write a 400- to 500-word proposal—a discussion of the specific question, problem, or issue to …
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Writing Assignment #3: Scientists Writing for Students – Textbook Passage on Cultural Evolution (6 – 8 pp.) You have been asked to write a chapter section for a college evolution textbook on the advent of “Cultural Evolution”. The primary goal …
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Writing Assignment #1: Scientists Writing for Themselves – A Field Journal (5 – 6 pp.) You are visiting the legendary Galapagos Archipelago, where Darwin’s observations and field notes lead to some of his most compelling studies on speciation. Select an …
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ASSIGNMENT FOUR Part I: Annotated Bibliography Your task is twofold: identify 10-12 scholarly sources of potential importance to your research paper, and annotate each source with a brief description and an explanation of how you plan to use it Advice …
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ASSIGNMENT THREE Research Proposal Your task is to propose a research question for your final paper and identify the types of sources that you think you will use to answer this question. (1-2 pages) Advice Please make sure you read …